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The Passionate Adventure
Hardcover
ISBN13: 9781025523675
Publisher: Tradd Street Press
Published: Feb 14 2026
Pages: 358
Weight: 1.49
Height: 0.81 Width: 6.14 Depth: 9.21
Language: English
The Passionate Adventure is a compelling drama of social class and domestic disillusionment set in the heart of post-World War I London. The story follows Adrian St. Clair, a man of wealth and status who finds his privileged existence and his marriage to the distant, ethereal Drusilla increasingly hollow. Seeking the vitality and purpose he feels is missing from his aristocratic circles, Adrian begins to lead a secret double life, venturing into the gritty and vibrant underbelly of London's East End.
As Adrian navigates the stark contrast between the sterile elegance of his home and the raw reality of the slums, he becomes entangled in the lives of those he meets in the city's shadows. Frank Stayton masterfully explores themes of identity, the search for authentic human connection, and the rigid social structures of the 1920s. The Passionate Adventure serves as both a psychological study of a man at a crossroads and a vivid portrait of a society grappling with the aftermath of the Great War. This work remains a poignant exploration of the lengths to which one will go to find passion in a world governed by convention.
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